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		<title>If Science Were by Concensus</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/04/17/if-science-were-by-concensus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geo-Centricity would still be vigorously defended today.
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		<title>More than ever, Americans need to distrust Government</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/03/25/more-than-ever-americans-need-to-distrust-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who places trust in government misplaces that trust.  The best job any government can do is protecting their nation from external enemies.   Those who are concerned that given power government would misuse it to abuse the rights of the governed do not have that concern without reason.
In Logic, the &#8220;Slippery Slope&#8221; Argument is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Sacrifice and Responsibility: Required for Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/03/18/self-sacrifice-and-responsibility-required-for-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Nation whose citizens refuse to accept responsibility for their actions and refuse to be self-sacrificing will accept a government intrusion into their lives depriving them of Individual Liberties and Freedoms in exchange for being coddled and sentimental Social programs.
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		<title>The Republican&#8217;s are the Party of No is a lie</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/02/16/the-republicans-are-the-party-of-no-is-a-lie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any claim that the first year of Obama&#8217;s Presidency and agenda was stalled by the Republican&#8217;s being Partisan or the &#8220;Party of No&#8221; is simply an untruth.    The reason is quite simple: even if the Republican&#8217;s wanted to obstruct, the Democrats in both the House and Senate held enough of a majority to blast any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Quip:</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/02/11/quick-quip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain irony in that Liberals claim to take from those with more to give to those with less and yet when they themselves have more give little of their own.
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		<title>How the Republicans can Lose Their Advantage</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2010/01/21/how-the-republicans-can-lose-their-advantage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing the Republican Party needs, must, has to learn from Massachusetts is that Conservatism is a winner.  If Scott Brown ran as a Moderate, ran as McCain ran, he would have lost.   Why?  Because people know that a man of conviction would not run as middle of the road; would not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And Unions wonder why membership is down?</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/18/and-unions-wonder-why-membership-is-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/18/and-unions-wonder-why-membership-is-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story from Allentown, Pennsylvania, is that volunteer work can get a city sued.   The SEIU is already noted as a bully and the percentage of Union membership in general may soon be surpassed by the unemployment number.   Oh course, Unions are hard at work to ensure they can use a few bad apples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There goes the neighborhood: House of Representatives votes to increases Governmnet power</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/08/there-goes-the-neighborhood-house-of-representatives-votes-to-increases-governmnet-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/08/there-goes-the-neighborhood-house-of-representatives-votes-to-increases-governmnet-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama is sure to sign it if it makes it through the Senate.
Prepare for a rapid erosion of your rights.
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		<title>Conservatives do not need to abandon the Republican Party</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/05/conservatives-do-not-need-to-abandon-the-republican-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/11/05/conservatives-do-not-need-to-abandon-the-republican-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They really need to take it back.  A Third Party will be useless.  Moderates will not save the Republican Party but Conservatives will.  The principles of Limited Government are what this Nation needs, not an expansive Government as the larger a Government is, the fewer rights and freedoms you have.
This last week with the Owens-Hoffman-Scozzafava [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Dear Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/09/25/our-dear-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pasadenapolitics.net/2009/09/25/our-dear-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Riojas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article from the Economist that mentioned Homeschooling.   As a Home-schooling parent, I obviously found the article of interest.   It assumed that conservatives will pull their kids from school to teach them at home because of Obama&#8217;s liberalism.   While it is certainly true that some will, to say that it is simply [...]]]></description>
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